"There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic."

"Friends are the artists who paint happy lips on your face."

"Impatience is racing at misery full speed."

"Laughing in my ear is a muse amused by how I paint her whims on paper with silly words."

"Love-such a keen mystery prone to pierce and shatter the delicate heart. Yet it possesses more strength, power, and influence than any other magic known to man."

"Forgiveness is a revolving door positioned in your path. You must step through it to move on, but it takes both timing and choice to escape walking circles inside."

"Nothing else has the power to calm, comfort, and care for you better than home."

"Of all the magic words in existence, words of kindness create the greatest transformation spells."

"Compassion only plagues those with hearts, much like a field of thorns only troubles those who bleed."

"Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently."

"Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and don't trust anyone who tries to sway you otherwise."

"A writer writesregardless...even though...notwithstanding...despite...at any rate...anyhow...nevertheless...in the face of...undeterred by...heedless of...and because.The true writer simply continues to write."

"It's a difficult thing having a heart made of glass, people don't seem to realize how easily it shatters. How often I've swept up the pieces and carefully glued them back together."

"Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it."

"We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did-a reminder of how dreadful we were toward those now vindicated grandparents. And you thought God had no sense of humor."

"Remember this-the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the right direction, the dream is coming true."

"Life may dawdle along in minutes but don't be deceived, for it will sprint by in years before you even notice."

"I love the magic of a hot bath, how time pauses and every grievance melts away."

"Of course I want the moon. And were you to offer it, I'd propose as a trade the stars in my eyes."

"To love is to accept a soul entirely, not wishing that the person was otherwise, nor hoping for change, nor clinging to some ideal past. To love is to cherish the individual standing before you presently-charms, quirks, and all. To love is to give someone a piece of your heart that you will never, ever reclaim."

"Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination."

"I learn by doing....the same thing over and over and over again countless times."

"If people were kinder, the world might cease weeping."

"Christmas is a whisper of peace and a sigh of hope on the lips of love."

"She laughed, and he fell in love."

"I love happy people, they're like smile magnets."

"Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first."

"One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness."

"Empathy is a hand thick with scars offering you a bandage."

"I could really use someone else's smile today."

"Anyone who looks good with a bald head is seriously sexy."

"There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in God's service. So lift up your eyes. Refuse to be unhappy."

"Believing in yourself means more than simply believing in your own ultimate success; it means believing you will survive failures, disappointments, rejections, and criticism but still persist."

"A little here and a little there will always accumulate, so why be surprised when steady, small steps take you to great places?"

"Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence."

"I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing the other person started it."

"Pain defines moments in the lives of all human beings. The trial is not the endurance of pain but the choices we make regarding how to endure."

"Fathers...Rise at dawn.Stand up strong.Fix and build.Plow the field.Carry the weight.Work 'til late.Encourage our dreams.Provide the means.Fight with might.Defend what's right.Protect the home.Refuse to roam.Forge the way.Take time to play.Spoil our moms.Keep homelife calm.And all becauseof selfless love."

"Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it's a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one."

"Never give up.This applies to more than goals and dreams, it is a maxim for basic daily struggles. It shapes one's life, including the will to continue to live. It supports love and committed relationships; it bolsters hope, faith, and charity; it is power in every area of existence. Never give up on anything or anyone of any worth, especially yourself."

"I can be tolerant of traffic jams and disorganization, faulty technology, miserable weather, and bland foods. People, however, require more than the cold, grudging favor of being tolerated. They require love."

"Walk with me for a while, my friend-you in my shoes, I in yours-and then let us talk."

"I am not what you see.I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil."

"It's not a dream, it's my destiny."

"The first real day of spring is like the first time a boy holds your hand. A flood of skin-tingling warmth consumes you, and everything shines with a fresh, colorful glow, making you forget that anything as cold and harsh as winter ever existed."

"Between here and there is a journey illuminated by the rising and setting of a radiant sun. Don't miss its splendor in your all-fired hurry to cross the finish line."

"Life is a fierce duel with emotions and a slow war with psychology."

"A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world."

"When someone tells me to 'just relax,' I wonder why they don't hand me a book?"

"You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms."